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Josh Grisetti

Josh Grisetti

American actor (born 1981)

Josh Grisetti (born December 1, 1981)[1] is an American actor, director and author who works in theatre, television and film.

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Early life

Grisetti was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up outside of Roanoke, Virginia.[2] He attended high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts to graduate in 2000 with a diploma in Drama. He attended college at The Boston Conservatory where he graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre.

Career

Broadway and Off-Broadway

Grisetti starred in the York Theatre's 2008–2009 musical adaption of Enter Laughing (originally titled So Long, 174th Street), garnering a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding Debut Performance" as well as Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel and Drama League Award nominations. Grisetti was supposed to have made his Broadway debut in the 2009–2010 season, starring as "Eugene Morris Jerome" in the Neil Simon revival of Broadway Bound, directed by David Cromer.[3][4] Because of poor ticket sales, Broadway Bound's sister show (Brighton Beach Memoirs) closed just days after opening at the Nederlander Theatre, canceling Broadway Bound two weeks before its scheduled premiere.[5] In 2011, he portrayed Mordred in a Broadway concert of Camelot.[6]

Grisetti's actual Broadway debut took place in the original musical It Shoulda Been You in 2015, playing the role of Marty Kaufman. He received nominations from the Drama Desk Awards and the Outer Critics Circle for his performance, and won one of two 2015 Clarence Derwent Awards. He returned to Broadway in 2016 to replace John Cariani as Nigel Bottom in "Something Rotten!"

Television and film

In 2007, Grisetti starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom The Knights of Prosperity. On film, he has appeared in The Immigrant (2013 film), The Namesake (2007 film), and others. He also starred in two pilots for NBC, The Gates (2013) and Like Magic (2019), that were not ordered to series.[7][8]

Publishing

In February 2016, under his full name of Joshua Steven Grisetti, he published a memoir entitled God in my Head: the true story of an ex-Christian who accidentally met God. In this memoir, Grisetti claims he overdosed on pain medications while at his dentist's office and experienced a Near Death Experience in which God essentially explained to him the secrets of the Universe. These 'secrets' are New Age in orientation, similar to the writings of Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth) and William Young (The Shack). The book was originally self-published, but subsequently purchased by Tantor Media and republished as an audiobook.

Theatre credits

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Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

References

  1. [1]
    Josh Grisetti biography IMDb.com
  2. [2]
    "Q & A Interview" Archived 2009-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com
  3. [3]
    Neil Simon Plays Archived 2009-05-30 at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com
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    " 'Broadway Bound' Casts are Nemed" New York Times
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    "Broadways Neil Simon Plays Will Close Nov 1" Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, playbill.com
  6. [6]
    Camelot 2011
  7. [7]
    joshgrisetti.com, official website.
  8. [8]
    IMDb.com, Josh Grisetti filmography.
  9. [9]
    " 'HAMILTON' 's Phillipa Soo and 'IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU' 's Josh Grisetti Receive 2015 Derwent Awards BroadwayWorld.com
  10. [10]
    "2011 Garland Award winners announcement" Backstage.com
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    "2010 Ovation Awards announcement" TheatreMania.com
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    "Theatre World Awards announcement" Variety.com
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    "2020 Ovation Awards announcement" latimes.com
  14. [14]
    Variety.com, 2015 Drama Desk nominations.
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    , 2015 Outer Critics Circle nominations.
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    Clive Barnes Foundation, 2012 Clive Barnes Award announcement.
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    NY Times, 2009 Lucille Lortel nominations announcement.
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    Playbill.com Archived 2009-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, 2009 Outer Critics Circle nominations announcement.
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    Drama League Archived 2009-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, official website.
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    broadway.com Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, 2009 Drama Desk nominations announcement.
  21. [21]
    NCSA Alumni newsletter Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, Summer 2006 .pdf.
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